n. a person or thing that takes the place of another
The store gave us a replacement for the broken chair.
The store gave us a replacement for the broken chair.
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How many garbage trucks were operated by replacement workers after the sanitation strike began?
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Some have proposed syndicalism as a replacement for capitalism.
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Who was the replacement for Brynna while she is gone?
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From where did the replacement workers come?
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Why did Rosie scream when she saw the replacement pumpkin?
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Who did Grandfather William use as a replacement partner?
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My grandma had a hipbone replacement.
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Why was it hard for Allie's Dad to find a replacement catcher for her?
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Where did Dr. Olsen get the replacement feathers for Trinity?
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The impresario needed to find a replacement for the part in the opera.
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She required a lengthy convalescence after her hip replacement.
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What did Mr. Maple threaten to do if he didn't get a replacement plant?
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Where does Chanda find the replacement lamp?
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How many replacement cafeteria ladies are there?
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substitute; alternate; stand-in;surrogate
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re-place-ment
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placement
debasement
displacement
emplacement
retracement
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